( The Hill ) — Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) daughter Isra Hirsi announced Thursday she had been suspended from college after taking part in an unauthorized pro-Palestine protest on campus.
“i just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a genocide,” she added.
Columbia noted that Hirsi is a student at Barnard College, which is connected to Columbia but has some independence.
Barnard would not comment on specifics but pointed to an announcement from its senior staff on Thursday that said Columbia and Barnard students set up an unauthorized encampment on Columbia’s South Lawn.
“A number of Barnard Senior Staff also went to the lawn to ask Barnard students participating in the encampment to leave and to advise Barnard students that they would be subject to sanctions at Barnard if they did not leave the encampment,” the statement reads.
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The students also received written warnings that they would receive interim suspension if they did not leave by Wednesday night, according to the school.